Mrs. Monochello and Ms.Cruz's grade 3 remote and in-person class is learning about Hanukkah. After they discussed elements of the holiday they made dreidels and played a traditional game. … [Read more...] about Hanukkah
Teaching About the Holidays
In order to teach students about different cultures and traditions, we do recognize holidays celebrated in December like Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. We also discuss other holidays like Diwali and the Chinese New Year throughout the year. Our first grade students participate in a thematic unit about geography and holidays celebrated around the world and students learn about giving to others through our Giving Tree. Students also learn about the Festival of Lights and play dreidel. The units of study and school activities will expose children to secular experiences in order to develop an … [Read more...] about Teaching About the Holidays
Property Hats
Second grade students in Ms. Smith's class are studying properties of different materials for a science unit. Students made protective hats with these properties in mind during their experiment. … [Read more...] about Property Hats
Signs of Thanksgiving at Lincoln
Some Thanksgiving traditions continue like Dr. Velechko and the preschoolers donning turkey costumes. Ms. Kochan's class took a group photo by the PTA Thanksgiving decorations and first graders made cornucopia graphs with fruit candies. First graders also experimented with various shapes and materials to recreate the Mayflower ship. Students had to test their ships for seaworthiness and ability to carry passengers. Happy Thanksgiving from Lincoln School! … [Read more...] about Signs of Thanksgiving at Lincoln
Fall Peepers
Some students took advantage of this beautiful fall weather and frolicked in the leaves... Happy Fall! … [Read more...] about Fall Peepers